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Sheet Lightning

Forever
Autumn

Jeff
Wayne/Paul Vigrass/Gary Osborne

The summer sun is fading as the year grows old

And darker days are drawing near

The winter winds will be much colder

Now you're not here

I watch the birds fly south across the autumn sky

And one by one they disappear

I wish that I was flying with them

Now you're not here

Like the sun through the trees you came to love me

Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away

Through autumns golden gown we used to kick our way

You always loved this time of year

Those fallen leaves lay undisturbed now

Cause you're not here

Like the sun through the trees you came to love me

Like a leaf on a breeze you blew away

A gentle rain falls softly on my weary eyes

As if to hide a lonely tear

My life will be forever autumn

Cause you're not here

Forever Autumn

Sean�s
time in New Zealand was coming swiftly to an end, and he would be sorry to
go. As usual, the cast hadn�t much in
the way of spare time, and when they got it, more often than not they hung
around together. For that reason, Sean
had agreed to meet Viggo in a favorite pub for a drink of six. Both men turned their beer mugs bottom-up
simultaneously, then set the mugs down and signaled the barmaid to bring
another round.

�So,
how are things going with you and your hobbit since Jean left?� Viggo asked.

�I�m
afraid it�s been tough on the both of us,� Sean said, looking into his fresh
drink as though it held the secrets of the universe.

�Yeah,
Billy told me you�re taking it pretty hard,� Viggo said, peering over the top
of his glass.

�The
lad speaks the truth,� Sean said, a grim look on his face.

�And
Billy,� Viggo said. He leaned forward
and peered at Sean, eyes sharp and eyebrow cocked. �How is Billy taking it?�

�Well,
Billy is a tough little bugger,� Sean said, taking another gulp of beer.

�Bullshit,�
Viggo said.

�Fuck! I knew you were going to do that.�

�Me?�
Viggo said. �What thing is it I do,
Sean?�

�The
way you always say one thing and mean something else. You always do that when you�re trying to make a point.�

�Do
I?�

�Cut
it out, Viggo, it isn�t funny. Just get
to the point, yeah?�

�If
you say so,� Viggo took another drink, then set his glass back down, a
thoughtful look in his eyes. �I�m
afraid you�ve been a little wrapped up in your own misery to notice it, but
Billy is hurting.�

�If
he is, he hasn�t let on to me,� Sean said.

�He
wouldn�t,� Viggo replied. �You know
Billy. He could be dying and he
wouldn�t let on. You really ought to
check up on him. And don�t let that
fa�ade throw you off. He talks to Dom
about it, and of course, Dom, being my own hobbit, tells me. Look after your hobbit, Sean. He won�t ask, but he needs you. He really loves Jean in his own
fashion. Besides, Jean asked you two to
take care of your friendship. Don�t let
her down, Sean. Don�t let Billy down,
either.�

�Do
you know where he is tonight?�

�Going
by what Dom says, he�s probably at home.
Drinking. Alone. Not a good thing, Sean, not good at all.�

�That
bad? And the little blighter never let
on to me.�

�Dom
says it�s really bad. He�s
worried. Dom isn�t a worrier, so it
must be pretty bad.�

�Shit! I�ve been a selfish bastard, haven�t I?�

Viggo
only shrugged and smiled gently. No
need to rub it in. �So do something
about it. You�ll feel better. Billy will feel better. Hell, we�ll all feel better.�

�Thanks,
Vig,� Sean said, grateful for the friendship of this man who had become a
brother to him. �I think I will
do��sharpish. Right now, in fact.�

�You
do that,� Viggo said. �Now, if you�ll
excuse me, I have a date with an elven maiden and a hobbit. See you tomorrow.�

The
two of them walked out of the pub, each man going to his car, Viggo to meet
with his pair for a night of sex and companionship, lucky bastard, and Sean to�

�To
Billy�s place, then,� he said to no one at all, then nodded his head and drove
to Billy�s apartment.

He
took a deep breath and knocked on Billy�s door. The door creaked open, and the smell of scotch rolled out, thick
as fog. Billy simply stood and looked
at him as if he thought Sean would vanish in a puff of smoke, staring owlishly
(and a little unsteadily) up at Sean.

�Come
on in,� Billy said, staggering back.
Sean stepped in, and then reached out to steady Billy, who came all around
falling on his ass.

�Easy,
lad!� Sean said. �Doesn�t do to walk backward when you�re as
pissed as you are.� And Billy was
thoroughly pissed. Sean placed an arm
around Billy�s shoulders and guided him to the sofa, then sat down next to him,
draping a long arm casually around Billy�s shoulders.

�Yeah,
I�m pretty smashed. Sorry,� Billy said,
tongue thick with his heavy buzz.

�No,�
Sean said.

�No?�

�No. You shouldn�t be sorry. Me, now, I should be. Sorry, that is.�

�For
what?� Billy said, voice just a little
too cool, and put the glass to his lips, but before he could take a drink, Sean
grasped the glass and pulled it out of Billy�s hand. �What the fuck��

�Ah,
Billy,� Sean said. God, had Billy been
doing this every night? �I�m afraid
I�ve fallen down on the job. I�m
supposed to be there for my mates. I�m
supposed to look after my hobbit. I�ve
failed you in that regard. I�m sorry,
Billy. You�ve been there for me and I
haven�t done for you. But I will
do. I promise.�

�Don�t
know what you�re talking about,� Billy said, cold and hard and painfully
smooth, like polished granite.

�Cut
it out, Billy.�

�You�re
daft,� Billy shrugged. �I don�t need
any looking after. I�m not a child,
Sean.�

Sean
looked at Billy hard for a long moment, wondering, what now? He sighed, trying to muddle through his
options. Finally, not coming up with a
better plan, he just grabbed Billy and hugged him, gently, but firmly. Billy struggled a little. �Yes, you are, you are a child, at least
right now, you are. More than that,
you�re my hobbit.� Billy gave an
irritated grunt and struggled to escape, but Sean held on to him, refusing to
allow Billy to draw away from him and further into misery. �You�re all right, laddie,� Sean said, voice
low and soothing. He rubbed Billy�s
back and made soft shushing sounds.
Apparently his Scot-whispering skills, as Viggo called them, were still
good. He only had to hold onto Billy a
couple of minutes before he stopped struggling and trying to wriggle free. Sean continued to rub Billy�s back,
whispering into Billy�s hair, �There, now, lad, there, now, you�re all right,
you�re all right, I�m here.�

Slowly,
Billy�s body relaxed, and he allowed himself to be held a little tighter. His hands curled into fists, gripping the soft
material of Sean�s pullover. He sobbed
once, and then rasped, �I miss her, Sean. I miss us.�

�I
know, I know you do, Billy, I know you miss us,� Sean said. �I miss us, too, lad. God, how I do.�

Poor
little blighter, Sean thought. He sounds absolutely
gutted. Haven�t been looking after him
like I should do. I�ve got to do better
by him, or I�ll lose him just like I lost Jean. The emotions this last thought evoked in Sean shocked
him. Something inside quailed at the
thought of adding Billy to a long list of people no longer in his life.

�I
dream about her, about us. Almost every
night. I never thought she could get
into me the way she did, and it hurts.
I really do love her in my own way, and it kills me that she just left
us; she�s just gone like a leaf in the wind.
She was our glue, Sean, and without her we�re just falling apart. I don�t mean just we, either. I�ve been watching, and you�re falling apart
on your own, just like I�ve been doing.
I wish she hadn�t gone; I wish it so much that sometimes I wish we�d
never had her. But she�s not coming
back, and you�ll be leaving, too.
Soon. Bad enough when she left.� Billy burrowed into Sean, murmuring into his
chest, �You�re going to be gone, too.
And��and when you do, it�s going to be like the sun will never shine
again. When she was with us, it was
like summer all year long. Now, when
you go, it�ll be like autumn will be lasting forever. You�ll go, and little by little, we�ll lose touch until we�re
like strangers.�

�I�ve
been a right bastard, leaving you to suffer in silence. You�re right, I have been falling apart, and
I never even thought about what seeing me do that would do to you. I�m so sorry, hobbit. I�ll make it up to you, I swear it. It�s Boromir�s job to look after his friends
and brothers, of which one is a very special hobbit! He�s Peregrin Took. You
might have met him. Called Ernil i
Pheriannath. Boromir could never let
down the Prince of Halflings!�

Billy
grinned, still a little buzzed, but coming round again. �How?
You�ll be off working in Morocco.�

�You�ve
forgot, it were supposed to be made in Morocco. They moved it to Mexico when the war started. And your next job is Master and Commander,
which is being filmed where?�

�In��
Billy�s brows drew together in boozy thoughtfulness. Then his face visibly
brightened as he muddled it out. �Mexico! Mexico, Sean! We�ll both
be in Mexico!�

�That�s
right,� Sean grinned against Billy�s hair.
�If you hadn�t been drinking so much all the time, you�d have sussed that
out, you wee daft pillock.� He felt
Billy laugh softly in his arms, and Sean dropped a kiss on the top of Billy�s
head. Billy slipped his arms around
Sean�s chest as if he feared Sean would break the hug too soon, so Sean simply
sat quietly, letting Billy take some comfort instead of giving it all the
time. He let Billy lean into the hug,
resting his face against Sean�s chest.
Sean hummed tunelessly and softly.
Billy continued to relax, and in five minutes, he was sleeping like the
dead.

Sean
carefully disentangled himself and stood up, laying Billy gently down on the
sofa. He stood there just looking at
Billy for long moments. Little tosser
was snoring, both drunk and exhausted, emotionally and physically. Sean knelt beside the sofa, looking at Billy�s
face. Judging by the dark circles under
his eyes, the lad couldn�t be sleeping much over a long haul. He�d dropped weight, too, Sean noticed with
a stab of guilt.

Knowing his back would make him pay for it
later, he picked Billy up and carried him to his bed. Sean knew Billy had dropped some weight, but just how much he
would never have guessed until he picked Billy up, and Sean winced inwardly,
ashamed of his neglecting his special friend.
Laying Billy down, Sean pulled Billy�s scruffy shoes off, followed by
his socks. Should he get those denims
off, too? Sean shrugged, then undid
Billy�s button and zipper and pulled Billy�s jeans off by the cuffs. He managed to get Billy under the covers and
then stood peering thoughtfully at his friend for a while. Finally he shrugged, and said aloud, �Fuck all, I don�t care, I don�t want to
sleep alone tonight.� He got undressed
and slipped under the covers, pulling Billy close. He closed his eyes and found he could easily imagine Jean was
there with them. He felt almost as if
he had become a child again, hugging a favorite teddy. He found comfort in that, and soon drifted
off to sleep.

Sometime
during the pre-dawn hours, he woke when Billy got up to have a piss. When Billy crept back into bed, Sean, to his
surprise, felt a gentle kiss on his cheek.
Wondering what was next, Sean feigned sleep. Billy slipped deeper beneath the duvet. Billy�s hand, small and warm, sought out Sean�s crotch, slipping
under the waistband of Sean�s boxers.
Smiling, Sean felt Billy slip a little lower, and suddenly his cock was
enveloped in a warm, wet cocoon. He let
Billy suckle him, slowly and gently, for some time. Christ, but had he really forgotten how good Billy�s mouth could
be? Jean had done a splendid job in
teaching Billy all her little tricks. Billy had gotten so good that if Sean
closed his eyes, he couldn�t tell the difference, unless Billy used some of his
own unique little talents. Jean and
Billy had made quite a game of making Sean guess who was blowing him, Sean
recalled with a sad little smile.

Well,
that was over with. Now it was just
Billy and Sean, and Sean was done with the both of them denying themselves each
other�s company and comfort. And as
pleasurable as Billy�s mouth felt nursing Sean�s cock slow and soft, it was
comforting. Billy�s tongue slithered
around the shaft of Sean�s cock as he went deeper, then danced along the
underside on the backstroke, swirling around the cap, tongue-tip probing the
slit briefly before slithering hungrily back down, down and deep. It was more than Sean could bear, and he
groaned from deep in his belly. Then he
pushed aside the duvet and looked down.
Billy gasped and looked up at Sean, a worried look in his eyes.

�Sean!� Billy opened and closed his mouth,
struggling for something to say.

Sean
hid his amusement. Then, grim and
gruff, he said, �What you doing, Bills?
Stealing a suck, yeah?�

�Um,
I� I� Is it wrong? Are you mad at me? I was dreaming about her again, about us, and I just��

Grinning,
Sean put a hand on the back of Billy�s head and pushed him gently back to his
achingly hard cock. �Well, go on, then,
Billy, carry on, laddie!�

Laughing,
Billy nipped Sean�s inner thigh. And
then suddenly Sean�s cock was in a wet, hot paradise. Billy continued to suck him slow and easy at first, then harder
and deeper. He got Sean close to coming
several times, backing away only to let Sean cool off enough so that Billy
could enjoy himself a little longer, and Sean understood that this was more
than sexual gratification at work.
Again, this was much needed comfort.
Billy comforted himself; comforted Sean, too.

�Ah, God, Billy, so good,� Sean moaned. He pushed Billy away, grasped his shoulders
and gently laid Billy on his back, then turned and topped Billy so they could
suck each other. Sean came soon after,
but Billy, having a way to go still, wrapped his strong little arms around
Sean�s hips and continued to suck his cock.
Sean had forgotten how much he loved eating Billy, and, determined to make
up for lost time, he took Billy deeply, all the way to the back of his
throat. He moved his hips forcefully,
fucking Billy�s mouth. Taking Billy
deeply, he plunged his cock down into Billy�s throat, moaning as the inundation
of overpowering pleasure burned him inside and out. Sean moaned around Billy�s cock, and the vibration must have
kicked in Billy�s orgasm. Billy�s body
arched upward, powerful and sweet, and his come filled Sean�s mouth in a
copious and powerful flood. The moment
Sean swallowed the first mouthful it sent him over the edge. His hips thrust downward involuntarily, and
Billy�s arms tightened around Sean�s waist, pulling him down harder and deeper
still until Sean�s cock was buried to the pubes in that hot, wet
sweetness. Billy�s throat muscles
rippled around Sean�s cock, and Sean�s orgasm stabbed through him, driving him
in and out of that slippery, perfect suction, swallowing every drop of Billy�s
cream even as he filled Billy with his own come.

Sean
rolled them over on their sides, still hanging onto Billy and throwing one leg
over Billy�s head, pinning him down so that Billy could only lie there as Sean
continued to fuck his mouth. He
remained in equal control of Billy�s cock as well, and kept right on sucking
him, demanding compliance, demanding it and getting it. Billy moaned, his body responding to Sean�s
dominance as if he had no say in the matter and understood that this turned him
on even more. Sean forcefully spread
Billy�s legs wider, just to underline his dominance, and felt Billy�s cock
stiffen even more, heard the soft whimper of Billy surrendering himself to
Sean. He may still be my scrappy
little terrier, Sean thought, but that doesn�t mean he doesn�t like me
mastering him. The thought echoed
in Sean�s brain, and his need for Billy suddenly seemed to triple.

Sean
lifted his lower half off of Billy and positioned himself between Billy�s
spread legs. He grasped Billy�s ankles
and draped Billy�s legs over his shoulders, pushing Billy�s hips high so that
Sean could get his tongue to that tight little ass. �I�m going to eat you, Billy,� he growled. �I�m going to tongue fuck you like it�s a
cunt.� Not giving Billy a chance to
even acknowledge his words, he drove his tongue inside of Billy, thrusting it
in deep, curling the tip, slipping out only to plunge and curl again and
again. Billy began to shudder, and Sean
drew away. �Lube,� was all he said.

Billy
scrambled to a bedside drawer, rummaged through it, littering the room with the
contents until he found what he wanted.
He scrambled back into place, handing Sean the tube, drawing his legs up
and spreading them for Sean. Sean
squeezed lube all over his fingers and plunged two in, relishing the way Billy
opened up for him. Billy moaned and
gasped, squirming with each thrust of Sean�s fingers. Sean added a third, then a fourth, pumping them in and out, in
and out.

Deciding
to go ahead and go for broke, Sean added his thumb, pushing hard until his hand
was in Billy up to the knuckles, drawing his hand back only to push all five
digits back in, seeking Billy�s prostrate, that curious organ which was known
to act as a male G spot. Once there, he
pushed harder still and wriggled all his fingers. Billy cried out, his come jetting out to pool on his belly. Sean caught Billy�s cock in his mouth before
the second spurt, sucking Billy down so deeply he had to control his gag
reflex. He kept pumping his fingers and
wriggling them as he swallowed Billy until he�d got the last salty-sweet,
creamy drop. Letting Billy�s cock slip
from his mouth, he licked the come off of Billy�s flat tummy, and with one last
deep suck on Billy�s cock, he rose, pulling his hand away to lube up for a good
shag.

�Going
to fuck you now, Billy,� He growled.
�Going to fuck you and make you come again.�

�Don�t
think I can, Sean,� Billy panted.

�Have
faith in me, yeah?� Sean grinned down at him wolfishly. �You�ll come for me again. You�ll do it because I make you, and you�ll
do it good, because you like me making you.
Look at you, all wide open, begging for it, gagging for it. You want it, don�t you?�

�Oh,
God,� Billy groaned.

�Can
I take that as a yes?�

�Do,�
Billy said as Sean descended on him like prey.
�Yes, do, make me come for you.�
He wrapped his legs high around Sean�s back.

He
was so stretched open that when Sean sank into him, it was almost like a
cunt. A tight one to be sure, but yes,
lubed up nice and wet, loose and slippery, like a good piece of pussy. Sean proceeded to plunder Billy with his
cock, knowing that with Billy this open, he could fuck him for as long as it
took to have Billy come for him. Not
that that took long, by God, the lad loved it, and Sean forced himself time and
again to lie still so as to keep Billy from coming until Sean was ready for
it. He wanted to fuck Billy until his
own balls were ready to burst, until they ached, heavy with unspent spunk. Sean would deny himself, and deny Billy,
too, prolonging their pleasure until Sean was sure that they would both come so
hard their balls would be tender to the touch the next day.

Sean
fucked Billy so hard and so long that the lad�s eyes glazed over and both of
their bodies were soaked with sweat, and still it wasn�t enough. Billy begged�oh, how he begged.

�Please,
Sean, oh, please, please!�

�Not,�
thrust �yet,� thrust �not,� thrust �ready,� thrust
�yet.� Thrust.

�Oh, God, Sean, please, I�m begging you, I can�t bear
it!� Billy�s voice sounded weak and
cracked.

�Not,�
thrust �yet,� thrust �almost,� thrust �almost,� thrust
�ready,� thrust.

�No,
please, Sean, I�m dying, please, for the love of God!�

�Good!�
slam! �Just,� thrust! �how,� thrust! slam! �I,� slam �want,� slam
�you,� slam-slam-slam-SLAM!

�Oh,
God help me,� Billy whimpered.

Sean paused, gazing down at Billy, his willing
victim. �You want me like this, don�t
you? And if I don�t give you a right
good studding, you�ll do what you have to, to drive me just this crazy, won�t
you, yeah?�

�Yeah,�
Billy said. �I will. That�s why I sucked you. I wanted to make you crazy enough to fuck everything
out of me that feels bad.�

�I
know,� Sean whispered. �And have I
given you what you need?�

�Yeah,�
Billy said, smiling up at him. �Almost,
anyway.�

�You
ready for the rest, then?�

�Please,�
Billy said. �Yeah, oh, yeah, you love
it when I beg, eh? I know all your weak
spots. That�s why you need to fuck
me. You need to feel me doing it to
you, making you crazy. All I have to do
is beg. Please. Please, fuck me, please. Yes, that�s it, Sean, I can see it in your
eyes. That�s why I like it when you
make me beg. That�s why I like to make
you make me do it.�

�I
know,� Sean grinned.

�Now,
please? Have I done it the way you
like? Hmm? Please, Sean. Please,
please��

�Oh,
Goddamn it, laddie,� Sean growled. That
need in that sweet, hungry pleading, Sean�s weakness within his strength, and
how Jean and Billy had taught him all about that side of himself. �Fuck me, but you know when you�ve got me,
don�t you?�

�Shut
up and fuck me like the whore that I am,� Billy rasped, digging his heels painfully
into Sean�s back. Billy might be on
bottom, but Sean knew that it was Billy actually doing the riding, spurring his
mount on.

�Oh,
but you�re asking for it,� Sean growled, thrusting forward so hard Billy
fetched up against the headboard. Sean braced
his arms against the headboard, thrusting forward so brutally hard it lifted
Billy up off the mattress. Billy
tightened his legs around Sean�s back, his muscular legs holding him suspended
below Sean, above the sweat soaked mattress. Sean went at it brutally hard and
fast. �You�re asking for this, you know
you are, don�t you?�

�Then
fucking give it to me,� Billy said.

�By
God, I will, and you�ll take it.�

There
was no Jean there to gentle these two tigers now, and they went at each other
with a fierce fervor, all masculinity and muscle and brutally demanding
desire. Her empty spot in the bed could
only be filled with something like this, and both men knew it instinctively. Billy finally pushed them both over the edge
when he gave Sean a hard nip, his teeth tweaking something inside Sean,
something that leaped out roaring, blotting out all but the most primitive
drive. Billy�s teeth kicked it in, and
Sean�s body took over, all brute force and ravenous, rapacious hunger. He practically ripped into Billy, which was,
of course, what Billy wanted, what he needed to drive away the demons. Billy�s fingers dug into the muscles of
Sean�s shoulders so hard it hurt.
Crushed between Sean�s pounding thrusts and the headboard, his muscles
thrummed like wires in a windstorm. His
body was so curled up from the force of it that when he came, his upper chest
and even his neck became covered in splash after blistering splash. Sean�s cock throbbed in a symphony of
pleasure so sharp it was mixed with pain, squirting load after load deep inside
Billy in a molten, fiery flood. They
both came so hard every muscle in their bodies tightened almost to the cramping
point. Trembling and weak, Sean barely
had the strength to lick the sticky white sweetness from Billy�s neck and chest
before easing him down on the mattress.
He was so weak, in fact, that his arms and legs simply gave out, and he
came down hard on top of Billy, too weary to even roll off.

Billy
let his hands slide up and down Sean�s back.
�Not even going to ask if it was good,� he gasped.

�You
daft bastard, if you did, I�d be forced to rape you again.�

Billy
laughed. �Yeah,� he smiled up at
Sean. �Not quite our threesome, but
it�ll do, Mr. Bean. It�ll do.�

�Feel
better now, do you?�

�Yeah,
in fact, I do.�

�Me,
too.�

�Still
miss her, though.� Billy smiled. The smile still looked a little sad, but it
also looked satisfied that things would get better.

�Me,
too,� Sean agreed. Finally regaining
enough strength to lift his upper body, he looked at Billy lying beneath him,
smiling and contented. �Miss us, like
you said. But we�ll get by, yeah?�

�Yeah,�
Billy said. At last, his eyes lit up,
and Sean suddenly realized how much he had missed that sparkle. �Want a smoke, Captain of Gondor?�

�Aye,
Pip,� Sean laughed.

There
he was, again at last the irrepressible little spark plug Sean had come to
love. �Then get your arse out of the
bed and off of me and get us a fucking smoke!�
He bucked beneath Sean, rolling him off at last. There was a brief, playful tussle, as though
they were two boys rough-housing in the schoolyard. Sean managed to pin Billy, grasping his wrists. �I give, I give!� Billy laughed.

Sean
released him and sat up, rummaging in his pockets for a pack of
cigarettes. He lit one for each of
them. They smoked and chatted idly a
bit, almost like they hadn�t touched each other. But when Billy crushed his cigarette out in the ashtray, he said,
�C�mon, Sean. Lie down and let�s get some sleep.�

Sean
looked at him for a long moment. �All
right,� he said. He didn�t need to say
anything, nor did he need to hear Billy ask.
He just knew. He pulled the
covers over the both of them and grinned as Billy curled up next to him,
looking over his shoulder as if to say, Well, come on! Apparently Billy still needed to feel a
little closeness, at least for now.
Sean curled around Billy from behind, draping one arm over Billy�s
waist. And to think, I was the one
who thought of Billy as being like my teddy.
Guess I�ve been shown the error of my ways. Well, there are worse things to be than a lonely little fellow�s
teddy.

They both fell asleep quickly. The deep sleep of exhaustion restored them somewhat, as did the
comfort of togetherness. Neither man
had been laid since Jean left. They simply
hadn�t felt up to it, and didn�t want to be reminded of what they had
lost. All the more reason why this
night had taken such a toll on them the next day. When they woke, they moved stiffly, sore all over from the
frantic and ferocious sex. Billy made
breakfast for them before he left to get his hobbit on, as he put it.

Sitting
at the table with Sean, he poured coffee for them. He looked curiously at Sean.
Sean looked back with an expression that clearly said, what?

�How�s ya?� Billy said.

�Okay,�
Sean said. �Back�s out a bit. I�m a little sore all over, but otherwise, I
feel pretty good. You?�

�Sore,
all over, like you. Bum hurts, but it
was worth it.�

�Got
a little carried away with that last night.
Sure you�re okay?�

�It�s
okay, really it is. I wanted us both to
be carried away, Sean. My body feels a
bit wrung out, but I�m not nearly as down as I was. It was worth it. And just
so you know, it would be worth doing again.�

�Yeah,
you�re spot on about that, lad.� Sean grinned.

�We�ll
get over her together.�

�That
we will do.�

�Why
do you think she left us, Sean?�

�I
don�t know. Maybe she was falling in
love with us and it frightened her.�

�You
may be right. She really was our wee
stray kitten, wasn�t she?�

�Aye,�
Sean said. �And you know cats. You don�t own a cat. Cats own you.�

Billy
looked into his porridge a moment before replying. �Well, that explains why it hurt us both so much, then.�

�Yeah?�

�Yeah,�
Billy said. �We never owned her. But she certainly owned us, didn�t she?�

Sean
only reached across the table and gave Billy�s hand a brief squeeze. He nodded, smiling, but some trace of
sadness still lingered in his eyes.
Billy sighed, squeezing back.

�We�ll
be all right,� he said, and gave Sean a small smile.

�Yeah,
we�ll be okay.�

They
finished breakfast and went to work.

>>~:~<<

Liv met with Viggo and Dom for lunch. They had noticed, of course. How could they
not notice? After Jean�s departure,
both Sean and Billy had withdrawn from everyone, including each other. When Billy and Sean began to hang around
together again, of course everyone noticed.

At
first this was met with approval by their closest friends, but as the weeks
passed, Dom and Viggo noticed things.
Both Sean and Billy sometimes bore bruises. Dom became very concerned when Viggo had told him that he had
seen Sean shirtless a few times and had seen bite marks and scratches among his
bruises.

�They�re
more rough with each other since Jean left,� Dom said, his eyes wide with
worry. �That explains the bruises on
them both, and the bites and scratches on Sean, and Billy�s�well, I think Sean
is rough on Billy. I mean� well, you
figure it out.�

�It�s
like they�re ripping each other to shreds,� Viggo agreed. �This isn�t right. Before Jean left, they were never like that. It�s like they�re battering themselves
against each other. It�s
destructive. It can only lead to worse.�

Liv
banged the tabletop, her hand, usually a study of soft grace, curled now into a
fist. �Enough is enough!� Her brows
drew down in determination. �Jean has
got to know about this, and I�m going to see to it she does.�

Dom
took her fist and uncurled her fingers, kissing her knuckles. �How you doing that, princess?�

�Dear,
dear, sweet, na�ve Dommie,� she said.
�I�m a pretty big name, now, I have the cash for it. Doesn�t hurt that my dad and step dad are
both rock gods. All I have to do is
dangle enough cash and drop the names of my dad and my stepdad.�

�You
sound so sure,� Viggo said.

�I
am sure,� said Liv, voice as cool as an autumn breeze.

�You
think it�ll help Billy and Sean?� Dom
said. �You think it�ll��

�Yep,�
Liv said. �I�m going to save their soul
with rock and roll, and my parents have enough cash just gathering dust to do
it.� She took out her phone and hit
speed dial. �Dad!� she smiled, �Could
you do your little girl a favor?�
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